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Save on Groceries in 2025

What We Ate This Week – Budget Dinner Ideas for Your Meal Plan

April 25, 2025 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

INTRODUCING - What We Ate This Week!!! Use this List of Ultra Budget Recipes that Our Family Enjoyed Last Week for Your Meal Plan Inspiration In 2025, I want to share with you more of what happens in the Chase family kitchen, and how I think about food, feeding my boys healthy dinners that don't break the bank...day in and day out. (Yes, it gets old sometimes...even for … [Read more...]

NEW! 6-Week Summer Slow Cooker Meal Plan…Now Available!

April 7, 2016 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

Looking forward to those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer??? Don't want to stress about dinner? Or feel guilty about your kids having cold cereal for dinner every other night??? We’ve put together an special new "Summer Slow Cooker Meal Plan" designed to create delicious, wholesome meals without a ton of fuss and bother, and without heating the house up! This meal plan is … [Read more...]

Picky Eater “Swaps”

March 21, 2016 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

{Pin the Picky Eater Swaps & Tips List!} As a mom, it's my job to nourish and feed my little people. It's instinctual. It's primal, if you will. When it comes to the world of food, there are few things more frustrating and maddening than being the mother of a picky eater. Why? Because your child being a picky eater rubs up against that instinctual and primal desire to … [Read more...]

The “Skimpy Calorie” Meal Plan from $5 Meal Plan

January 4, 2016 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 3 Comments

Whew…it’s finally here! I know you’ve been asking for this for a.long.time...and it’s ready for you just in time for the new year! Can I share this golden piece of insight and wisdom as you think about what you're eating and feeding yourself in 2016??? A few years back, I made an appearance on The View. While backstage in the dressing rooms, I had the pleasure of meeting a … [Read more...]

FREE Meal Planning Course from $5 Meal Plan!!!

August 17, 2015 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

For the past 7 years (yes, the '7th blog birthday' is later this week!!!) I've been on a mission to help people save money on groceries. Along the way, I've also learned how important it is to save time and sanity too. As a working mom with 4 boys with active school and social calendars, I get how frantic life is. But no matter how frantic life gets, I still have to feed my … [Read more...]

NEW! 6-Week Vegetarian Meal Plan Available!!!

May 12, 2015 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 3 Comments

We’re soooo excited and we just can’t hide it!!! The Vegetarian Meal Plan is finally available for you. Aviva, Jim and I are thrilled to share this with brand new 6-Week Vegetarian Meal Plan that we pulled together, just for you! We know how easy it is to get into a rut and make the same 10 things over and over and over and over….and over again. Yes, we know. The struggle is … [Read more...]

Tired of Planning & Making Dinner Every Night? I Can Help with the New 6-Week Slow Cooker Menu Plan!!!

February 10, 2015 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 2 Comments

We have a brand spankin' new menu plan available for you...and it's not quite like all the others we have available. This is the plan for all you exhausted, overworked, stressed moms and dads who are just trying to get dinner on the table. While it might sound crazy to have a slow cooker meal for dinner every night, it's really not. It's actually quite genius if you ask … [Read more...]

Give The Gift of Meal Planning

December 9, 2014 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

  If you're looking for the perfect 'gift that keeps on giving,' look no further! You'll find it right here! Give the gift of meal plans, delivered to your aunt, cousin, friend, each and every week...right into their inbox! Our budget friendly, healthy meal plans are the perfect gift for anyone you know who doesn't like the process of meal planning, doesn't like … [Read more...]

The $5 Meal Plan Members AMAZE ME! See What They’ve Been Up To…

November 5, 2014 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

Can I share a few amazing things that are going on behind the scenes...that you might not know about? And tell you why you need to be a part of this? I often open up Facebook and sit there baffled by my new friends in our secret Facebook group for $5 Meal Plan members. I go through spurts on when and how I use my personal FB profile...I won't post for days...then I'll post 6 … [Read more...]

Free 14-Day Trial of The $5 Meal Plan – Get Started Today!

August 3, 2014 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 1 Comment

We all know that meal planning is important, it's how you save money, waste less food, and stay on budget. But it takes so much time. Even if you enjoy planning each week, wouldn't you rather spend it with your family? Or doing something you truly enjoy? If so, then I'm really excited to talk to you about something special I've been working on - $5 Meal Plan. Get a … [Read more...]

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